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Jeff is a prominent treaty rights lawyer who considers himself one of the best in Canada. He wrote op-eds for papers and was consulted as an expert on First Nations and settlement rights for decades. He is being accused of misappropriating tens of millions of dollars from the First Nations he once represented. He is/was also one of the leaders of an organization that advocated for Alberta to leave Canada. He put himself into the public sphere, in mainstream media and on social media, via his role in that, too. In the 2026 lawsuits alone he is being sued for $150 million. If anyone else was in this situation, we’d be reporting on it. If these allegations are not proven in court, we will report on it. If this was about politics, or anything more than these facts, we would have stopped reporting on Jeff the minute the referendum was over.

Jeffrey Rath testified that he used to have property in Vancouver. He said he could not recall when he sold it, for how much or to whom, later estimating the sale was more than five or six years ago We couldn’t find a Vancouver property. But we did find a multi-million dollar Galiano estate that Rath sold while he appealed an $8.5 million fee refund from Tallcree globalnews.ca/news/12145233/…

V important pledge from Acute Care Alberta in here about transparency and media access going forward: "Going forward, I've made a commitment to you and to your colleagues that we will have weekly updates because I do understand that there are questions and a great deal of interest out there."

A confidential briefing document provided to Global News showed that as of November 5: - 21 soldiers remain hospitalized in Alberta - 10 were listed in critical condition (that number is 9 as of today) - 8 were stable in intensive care - 3 were stable in medical units - 4 patients have burns covering 51 to 60 % of their bodies - 3 have burns covering 41 to 50 % - 7 have burns covering 30 to 40 % - 4 have burns covering less than 30 % of their bodies

NEW: For a week, we pressed DND for updated information on soldiers injured in the deadly CFB Wainwright fire, including how many remained in critical condition. DND wouldn't disclose that number. So someone else did. globalnews.ca/news/12143238/…